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Friday, August 22, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 73
New Zealand People’s Party, the country’s newest ethnic political party, officially launched their campaign for Mt Roskill by-election on Saturday, October 5, at Three Kings, Auckland, in a well-choreographed cultural event.
If the intention of the event was to display its connection with various ethnic communities of New Zealand—other than the Indian community as is often alleged—then it can be considered as successful, as there was a considerable presence of various ethnic communities.
To what extent that was ‘not’ choreographed is another matter.
However, many known Indian community leaders who were previously seen publically at the time of the official announcement of the party in August this year remained conspicuously absent from this event.
While the mainstream political parties appear to be least concerned with the ethnic party’s decision to contest in the Mt Roskill by-elections, NZ People’s Party remains undeterred and has vowed to make ethnic crime as their main poll issue.
The party General Secretary Anil Sharma proposed, and the party Vice President Steven Cheng seconded, the name of their party President Roshan Nauhria as the candidate for the Mt Roskill by-elections.
Nauhria reiterated that NZ People’s Party wants to increase representation of ethnic communities in the parliament and that they want a balance of power in New Zealand’s politics.
New Zealand People’s Party, the country’s newest ethnic political party, officially launched their campaign for Mt Roskill by-election on Saturday, October 5, at Three Kings, Auckland, in a well-choreographed cultural event.
If the intention of the event was to display its connection with various...
New Zealand People’s Party, the country’s newest ethnic political party, officially launched their campaign for Mt Roskill by-election on Saturday, October 5, at Three Kings, Auckland, in a well-choreographed cultural event.
If the intention of the event was to display its connection with various ethnic communities of New Zealand—other than the Indian community as is often alleged—then it can be considered as successful, as there was a considerable presence of various ethnic communities.
To what extent that was ‘not’ choreographed is another matter.
However, many known Indian community leaders who were previously seen publically at the time of the official announcement of the party in August this year remained conspicuously absent from this event.
While the mainstream political parties appear to be least concerned with the ethnic party’s decision to contest in the Mt Roskill by-elections, NZ People’s Party remains undeterred and has vowed to make ethnic crime as their main poll issue.
The party General Secretary Anil Sharma proposed, and the party Vice President Steven Cheng seconded, the name of their party President Roshan Nauhria as the candidate for the Mt Roskill by-elections.
Nauhria reiterated that NZ People’s Party wants to increase representation of ethnic communities in the parliament and that they want a balance of power in New Zealand’s politics.
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